Silver Coinage Debate Sparks Harsh Criticism of Horr
Frederick A. Binney attacks Horatio Horr and the New York Tribune for promoting free silver. He cites Horr’s June 19 1895 essay arguing silver’s price collapse since 1873 due to minting changes, banker influence, and gold standards. Binney contends silver must keep value via coinage law and accuses European financiers of pushing the gold regime.
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New York
Aed
Renee
Chiavah
France
Horr
United States
Harris
Great Britain
the Tribune
Rothschild
Europe
Bismarck
Mr. Horr
Germany
Tribune
The
Atlantic Ocean
Harr
America
United
Wall Street
Uncle Sam
Congress
Union
New York Tribune
Frederick A. Binney
Professor Laughlin’s debt theory shocks New York crowd
The article reports Professor Laughlin of Chicago University, linked to Standard Oil, arguing that selling bonds by President Cleveland boosted confidence and wages. It criticizes the viewpoint as economically unsound and warns that public debt cannot sustain national strength, calling the view a harmful misreading of economics.
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J. Laurence Landlin
New York
Europe
Cleveland
Philospher
Standard Oil Company
Laughlin
Chicago University
Professor Laughlin
A Girl Fiend Anna Bell in Grim Fairfield County Case
A 14-year-old African American girl in Fairfield County South Carolina disemboweled a 3 month old infant and then hung a 1 year old boy over a well, burning him with a poker after he refused to confess. She had been sent to cook by parents working in a nearby field. She later claimed the boy killed the infant. The girl was found suspending the child over the well. Two months earlier she had been found disinterring a corpse to steal a breast pin. Three years before she killed another infant but was cleared due to age.
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Anna Bell
Fairfield County
S. C
Profitable Rivalry in Two Fire Companies Topsham Maine
Topsham Maine faces a split fire department after the appointment of an unpopular chief engineer. Firemen formed an independent company and bought a new head tub, creating two rival squads vying to reach fires first and perform best.
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Topsham
Organ Fails in Rockland Church Sermon Ends With Singalong
During a Rockland church service a failing organ led the pastor to urge the congregation to rise and sing Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow as the instrument produced only groans. Some attendees questioned the pastor’s remark and the church’s momentary lapse.
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Rockland
Gum Chewing Said to Cause Tongue Cancer Near Big Prairie
Nellie Newkirk a young resident near Big Prairie Ohio suffers a tongue cancer she claims was caused by chewing rubber mouth snapping gum. She says the constant snapping irritated her mouth leading to the disease.
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Nellie Newkirk
Big Prairie
Ohio
The Parrot Punched His Cheek And Feeney’s Whiskers
A Philadelphia cafe tale describes a parrot punching a diner’s check, misdating the bill until patrons realize the bird’s beak punched out the correct amount. Feeney’s whimsical feud over whiskers with a goat in Limerick is recounted, noting the goat’s bite and a cross complaint at the police station.
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Feeney
Pittsburgh
Patrick Feeney
Carnegie
Limerick
Mary Burke
Ninth and
Market Streets
Philadelphia Record
Sea Serpent Tale Plucked From Sea by Agnes Crew
The schooner Agnes of the New York Yacht Club, Capt. J Norton Winslow at helm, arrived from Shelter Island with a strange sea tale. Supported by Oscar Smith of the New York Stock Exchange, Bailift Master Ross, and Steward Snow, the crew recounted leaving Greenport about 8 am Wednesday and being south of Fisher's Island near Race Rock light.
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New York Yacht Club
J. Norton Winslow
Shelter Island
Newport
Winslow
Oscar Smith
New York Stock Exchange
Ross
Steward Snow
Greenport
L. 1
Winatow
Fisher's Island
Race Rock Light
Rattlesnake Sighted While Sailing to Newport
A schooner heading east for Newport reports a large rattlesnake seen swimming near the boat at noon. Oscar Smith and others identified the creature as possibly a diamondback, sparking debate between crew members about its exact species as the vessel continued toward Long Island Sound.
Woman becomes Bay County deputy sheriff in Michigan
In Bay City a grocery store owner named Mrs Dennis Doodeyne becomes the first woman appointed deputy sheriff after promising the republican candidate Sutherland she would win if he secured the post. She takes the oath and serves papers with poise while continuing her store, wearing the deputy star openly.
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Bay City
Mich
Dennis Doodevne
Sutherland
Dennis
Bay County
Dennis Doodeyne
Rattlers Found With Indian Relic In Port Jervis
W H Stewart of Brooklyn visiting Port Jervis with Ben Quick explored the Van Etten farm Indian burying ground. Stewart found an Indian skull from which a rattlesnake emerged when he held it. The snake was killed and the explorers continued digging finding several valuable relics while killing six more rattlers.
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W. H. Stewart
Brooklyn
Port Jervis
Ben Quick
van Etten
Stewart
Quick
Assault with a wooden leg in Wheatland ruling
Dickinson and Carpenter visited Clerk Slocum of the Supreme Court this morning. Slocum ruled the assault by Mr Dickinson on Mr Carpenter with a wooden leg was an assault with a leg rather than a deadly weapon, awarding the $3 stake to Dickinson. The two parted in a democrat wagon, still friends.
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Carpenter
Wheatland
Slocum
Supreme Court
Postoffice Romance Ends in English Marriage in Bingh amton
Greenville Louis J. Templeton, a British MP on a U S tour, met Miss Estella Wesner in the Binghamton post office while cashing a money order. They quickly wed last week, sailed for Europe, and will reside at Broadlands England on his estate after a brief continent tour.
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N. Y
Greenville
Louis J. Templeton
America
Estella Wesner
Europe
Continent
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